Influence

Overview

Influence is an in-game currency. It is a broad term, used to describe the player's power and connections throughout Ikaanos. Influence is an important part of the player's growing empire, as a high level of influence makes others respect him and allows access to items and weapons forbidden by Ikaanos' laws.

Gaining & Losing Influence

The player can gain influence in many different ways:

• Having a luxurious house.
• Enrolling slaves/servants in external riding stables (up to +6 per day per girl).
• Owning an upgraded Stable with Horses and Carriage (up to +12 per day).
• Having extravagant spending habits (setting "Relish & Drinks" above "Basic" on the Food page of the Economy & Influence reports).
• Paying to spend time with the very expensive girls at The Velvet Room (+10 to +20).
• Employing Maids (Each Maid adds +2 per day; double if they are Perfectionists).
• Having a Head Maid who is a Workaholic (+4 per day).
• Reading Books (+1 per Title completed, per day).
• Teaching at the Whitehaven Academy.
• Assigning NPCs to the Academy to study (+2 per day per fee-paying student).
• Assigning NPCs to The Academy to Lecture as Professors (+4/day; just working there as a teacher isn't enough).
• Investing in legitimate businesses.
• Assigning a female NPC to work as a performer at the Golden Dragon (+2 per day).
• Employing Paragons.
• Owning Aria Bianchi as a slave (+2 per day).
• Vassalizing factions.
• Arranging luxurious Marriages.
• Having a Herald traveling Ikaanos to promote the player and their household (+2/day minimum; +20/day or more achievable)
• Producing Children who contribute positively to Ikaanos' development.
• Completing Quests and tasks given by many people and factions across Ikaanos.
• Clearing bandits out of Fort Stokke or Marston Fort (+200 each time).
• Hunting down Bounties of all types (+50 or more per Bounty, depending on difficulty).
• Through random events.
• Thriving in a poor Ikaanos (other Influence gains are doubled when Ikaanos is in poverty).

Similarly, the player can also lose influence in a variety of ways:

• Having a run-down house.
• Having maids who poorly perform their duties.
• Being a member of the Aesir religion.
• Associating with the Bandits and criminals of Ikaanos.
• Investing in illegitimate business.
• Having a number of Wives in excess of the limit of the Religion that the player is following.
• Producing offspring who contribute negatively to Ikaanos' development.
• Purchasing items and weapons that are off-limits to civilians.
• Through random events.
• Living in a prosperous Ikaanos.